Neuroscience

Kate Reissner has a new website!
The Reissner lab studies the effects of cocaine self-administration on physiological and morphological properties of astrocytes and neuron-astrocyte communication.

Research Reveals Connection between Genes and Risk of Parkinson’s Disease
The team lead by Joshua M. Shulman at the Laboratory for Integrative Functional Genomics has published a paper reporting on human genetic analyses, revealing connections between genes and the risk of Parkinson's disease.

Flexibility is at the Heart of Human Intelligence
University of Illinois psychology professor Aron K. Barbey has published a new theory positing that flexibility is at the heart of human intelligence.